From victim to human rights activist

Headline Title: From victim to human rights activist 13 December 2013 It would be easy to forgive Bimbo Osobe if she had given up and felt she couldn’t go on. She was among thousands who watched helplessly as their homes and shops were demolished during a state-authorized forced eviction in Badia East, Lagos, Nigeria, on 23 February 2013.When Amnesty International first spoke with her in May, she was sleeping out in the open under a net and recovering from malaria. Her livelihood gone, she was completely dependent on friends or well-wishers for food and clothing.She sent her children…

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